Pencil holder



March M, 1959 5. LE VINE 2,500,837

PENCIL HOLDER F iled April 10', 1947 I INVENTOR. .9004 (e-VINE.

Patented Mar. 14, 1950 lTED' STATES rArENT oral-es...

PENCIL HOLDER SauLLe Vine, Detroit, Mich.

Application April lll, 1947', Serial No. 740,562

(CL l20-1) 3-Claims.

1 This invention relates to pencil holders, and more particularly toa pair. of spaced pencil supporting clips, adapted for-mounting for ex-- ample, upon a telephonebase, a desk or table, or upon a typewriter, adding machine or other business machine.

It is the object of this invention to construct a pencil holder employing a pair of clips formed to supportingly retain a pencil in horizontal position.

It is the object of this invention to provide a pair of clips which: are formed to. horizontally support a pencil, with the base portions of said clips being adapted for attachment to the object adjacent to which it is desired to conveniently support a pencil.

It is desirable to have a pencil always-available for the user, and to attain this: object the. clips are formed to permit their ready attachment to the object used such asatelephone, typewriter, desk, business machine, or any one of many different objects.

It is the further object of this inventionto provide said clips with a central substantially flat surface portion to bear against the outer wall of the object and-with its lower end portion so formed as to permit convenient attachment to said object.

These andother objects will be seen from the following specification and claimsin conjunction with the appended drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a. front elevational. view ofiadial telephone fragmentarily shown,., illustrating. a pair of pencil supporting clips-mounted. on the base thereof.

Figure 2 is apartially broken" away and'sectioned side elevationalview thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the pencil supporting clips.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a slightly different form of pencil supporting clip.

Figure 5 is a side elevational view thereof illustrating its method of mounting upon an ob ject such as a typewriter frame; and

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a slightly different form of clip adapted for securing to the flat edge of a desk top for instance.

It will be understood that the above drawing illustrates merely preferable embodiments of the invention, and that other embodiments are contemplated within the scope of the claims hereafter set out.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1, it is seen that preferably a pair of clips are employed to horizontally support a pencil upon the front of 2 a dial telephone for illustration; however: it is contemplated that suchz'cliporv a similarly'formed clip might be employed singly forithis purpose- As illustrated in: Figure 3 the" clipis constructed preferably of a light gauge .spring'steel and..con'- sists of av flat central; portion." with. itsupper end curved outwardly substantially. degrees at l2.

Portion [2 projects downwardly tojoinand support the concave formed pencil. holding-1' portion |3' whose outer, end has: an outwardly; projecting lip I4.

The lower end l5 of. member." isxinwardly and upwardly curved; approximately 180i degrees and terminates in the vertical clip retaining. portion it, inwardly curved. portion. [1V and the downwardly extending elementforming: apart thereof.

A pair of saidclips: are. mounted. upon the front wall IQ of. hollow telepli'oneibase- 20 shown:

in Figure 2 by way of illustration; The: conventional dial. telephone: in relatively general use has a removable bottom p1ate.2| which fits up into base 20, andis secured inuposition therein. by screws 22, one of whichisishown in:.Figure; 2-.

Screws 22 project up through openings1in plate" 2|v at its opposite: ends andare threadedxrespectively' into corresponding: threaded. openings: in bosses 2.3 which form. a: part of.v the: telephone base.

To mount. the pencil? holders Figure 3: in the manner shown in Figure: 2Y1it necessary" to. partially loosen one of the screwss2z-permitting bottom plate 2| to dropdown". just-sufficiently: at that end to allow the insertion withimsaid base of portions IE, IT and I8 oficli'p ll between: front wall l9 and. said plate;

Clip H is projected upwardlyso thati therim terior of its bottom curved portion 15 cooperatively bears against the lower horizontal edge of front wall l9. At the same time the top surface of plate 2| bears against the lower end of portion l8 of said clip, as said plate is returned to normal position on tightening screw 22, in the manner illustrated in Figure 2.

It will be understood that the downwardly projecting portion l8 of said clip might be eliminated, and said clip would still be retained in position with plate 2| bearing against the inwardly projecting portion l'l thereof.

As shown in Figure 1 a pair of clips are preferably employed arranged in spaced relation to bear against front wall IQ of the telephone base 20.

With plate 2| adjusted and secured in the posi: tion shown in Figure 2 it is seen that the pencil holding clips are immovably secured in position. The lower edges of wall l9 prevent their upward movement, while the top surface of plate 2| prevents their relative downward movement.

There is just sufiicient clearance between the forward end of plate 2! and the inner surface of wall 19 to readily receive the upright portion iii of the clip.

As shown in Figure l the pencil may be mounted horizontally within the concave portions l3 of said clip, which may be so formed that its outer end is adapted to lightly and resiliently bear against the shank of the pencil 24 preventing its accidental dislodgement. The outer lip I4 is outwardly curved to facilitate the entrance of the pencil shank within said clips.

A slightly difierent form of pencil supporting clip is shown in Figures 4 and 5 wherein the flat portion II thereof at its lower end is curved inwardly at 25, terminating in the upwardly extending element 26 which is substantially parallel to portion H of said clip. As shown in Figure 5 a suitable screw 2'! is projected through the threaded opening 28 in element 26 Figure 4 with its inner end adapted to cooperatively and frictionally bear against a portion of the framework 29 Figure 5 of a typewriter for instance or any other business machine whose framework is similarly formed.

Referring to Figure 6 a still different form of theinvention is shown wherein said clip consists merely of the flat portion H and with its upper end outwardly and downwardly curved at l2 in the same manner as the clip shown in Figures 2 and 3.

In this instance the clip generally designated as by numeral 30, is adapted for mounting for example upon the outer vertical wall or edge 32 of a desk top, and is secured thereon by a suitable screw 3i which projects through an opening inportion ll thereof.

The pencil supporting clips hereinabove described are adapted for use upon home, oifice or factory telephones to thereby provide a convenient means of making a pencil always available when needed.

As above described said clips may be employed any place where a pencil would be needed as for instance upon a telephone, a typewriter, a comptometer, bookkeeping machines or a filing system. It is also contemplated that such pencil holders may be mounted within vehicles such as automobiles, trucks, or in fact any vehicle. Such a pencil holder would also be convenient for use by salesmen where it is desired to always have a pencil available. Such pencil holder could be suitably mounted within the salesmans folders, brief cases or order pads.

Having described my invention, reference should now be had to the claims which follow for determining the scope thereof.

I claim:

1. In combination, a hollow open bottom telephone base, having an upright front wall, a clip having a central fiat upright portion which bears against said front wall, an outwardly projecting concave pencil supporting element at its upper end, a formed oppositely projecting attaching element at its lower end extending under said front wall and upwardly into said base, and a bottom plate removably secured within said base cooperatively bearing against said attaching element for firmly retaining said clip in position upon said base.

2. In combination, a hollow open bottom telephone base having an upright front wall, a clip having a central fiat upright portion which bears against said front wall, an outwardly projecting concave pencil supporting element at its upper end, a formed oppositely projecting attaching element at its lower end extending under said front wall, upwardly into said base and inwardly of said wall,. and a bottom plate removably secured within said base cooperatively bearing against said upwardly and inwardly extending portions of said clip for firmly retaining the same in position upon said base.

3. In combination, a hollow open bottom telephone base having an upright front wall, a. pair of spaced clips, each having a central fiat upright portion which bears against said front wall, an outwardly projecting concave pencil supporting element at its upper end, a formed oppositely projecting attaching element at its lower end extending under said front wall, upwardly into said base and inwardly of said wall, and a bottom plate removably secured within said base cooperatively bearing against said upwardly and inwardly extending portions of said clips for firmly retaining the same in position upon said base.

SAUL LE VINE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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